SCOPE

The
concept of preference has played an important role in various aspects
of computer science. For example, preferences play a key role in the
design of practical and efficient reasoning systems dealing with
real-world knowledge. The concept of preference has been investigated
by many researchers in different fields, both within Computer
Science (e.g., Artificial Intelligence, Optimizations,
Scheduling) and outside of Computer Science (e.g., Economics,
Decision Theory).

In
recent years we have witnessed a growing interest in studying
the integration of preferences in the context of logic-based
and logic programming systems. These directions of research
are of great importance, considering that preferences are
considered a vital component of reasoning with real-world
knowledge, and logic programming is one of the most widely
used programming paradigms employed in knowledge
representation and reasoning.

This
workshop attempts to address all aspects of describing,
modelling, computationally handling, and application of
preferences, within the context of logic programming. In
particular, we seek contributions that create
cross-fertilization between different approaches to preferences
and different flavors of logic programming (e.g., constraint
logic programming, answer set programming), hopefully leading
to new, more general, approaches for handling preferences in
logic programming.

The
workshop topics include, but are not limited to:

preferences in logic programming

preferences in answer set programming

preferences in logic-based planning

soft constraints

knowledge representation and reasoning with preferences

languages for preferences description

systems and experiences

applications of preferences

The
purpose of this workshop is to bring together
researchers interested in modeling and implementing
preferences in logic programming. The objective is to promote
exchange of ideas and possible integration between the
different approaches proposed so far.

SUBMISSIONS

Participants
should submit a paper (maximum 15 pages,
PDF
format), describing their work in
topics relevant to the
workshop.Accepted
papers will be presented during the
workshop. At least
one author of an accepted contribution is expected
to register
for the workshop, and present the paper.
All submissions should
include the author's name(s), affiliation,
complete mailing address, and email address.Authors
are requested to prepare their submissions, following the
LNCS/LNAI Springer format. Please see:

The
deadline for receipt of submissions is June 1, 2006. Papers
received after this date may not be reviewed.
Eligible papers will be
peer-reviewed by members
of the Program Committee.

Authors
will be notified via email of the results by June 20, 2006.
Authors of accepted papers are expected to improve their
paper based on reviewers' comments and to send a camera ready
version of their manuscripts by June 30, 2006.Accepted
papers will be included in the workshop proceedings, which
will be distributed to the participants.Questions
about submissions may be directed to the
workshop organizers.